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No, because we don't make them do things for the sole purpose of ourselves, we like to make them happy, the way they genuinely love us, the obey us like we obeyed our parents, we feed them, cuddle them do things FOR THEM. So we're kinda slaves to our dogs haha

Slaves are people that gain no reward for completing tasks for their owner. A lot of animals don't complete any tasks for their owners and often aren't expected to, they just live. Trained animals always get rewards and dogs love human company which is enough for them. It's not animal cruelty or slavery.

No, they're not slaves. For one, we don't force pets to work. For another thing, if I were an animal I'd much rather be a pet than living in the wild. For an animal in the wild, there is no guarantee that it will even get food to eat on any given day, and it could be attacked by a predator at any moment.

our cats can come and leave as they want, they are not enclosed in our house... and they always come back so I guess it can't be that bad. I also have the feeling that they have more control over me than the other way around -_-

I let all of my pets go outside freely, and they always return on their own accord. Thus, I can only assume that the are voluntarily choosing to return, and thus voluntarily choosing to live with me. The such cannot be called slavery if voluntary.